I was absolutely thrilled to have found the follow up to Dr. Chris Barnard's "Een Lewe", as it felt that it just ended in mid-air. As I have mentioned before I am in awe of his achievements as a heart surgeon. What an incredible feat to be the first person to transplant a heart! He had a brilliant mind and was incredibly innovative with new techniques in heart surgery and even coming up with a solution to have two hearts in a chest if one heart was not strong enough.
In my review of Een Lewe, I indicated that I wasn't too sure how much support his first wife gave him; I don't think that was fair. I actually feel incredibly sorry for her. I think fame and the excitement of all the opulence took centre stage in Dr. Barnard's life (which one can understand taking his humble beginnings into consideration); at functions he would be socialising with everyone, and instead of making sure that Louwtjie (his wife), was by his side, she was pretty much sidelined and had to fend for herself. Now if networking and socialising is not your cup of tea and you don't know anyone, this could be hell. So, instead of keeping an eye on her, he pretty much kept an eye on all the other skirts in the room.
Personally, I felt that there was waaay too much about his private life shared in this book that was just too much information [TMI].
I do like his writing style and again worked through the book quite quickly.
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